Praetorian

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See also: praetorian, prætorian, and Prætorian

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Praetorian Guard

Alternative forms

praetorian, pretorian, Pretorian
prætorian, Prætorian (obsolete)

Noun

Praetorian (plural Praetorians)

(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.

Translations

member of that force

Esperanto: pretoriano, pretorano
Finnish: pretoriaani
French: prétorien (fr) m
German: Prätorianer (de) m
Polish: pretorianin (pl) m

Anagrams

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